Mac Pro Rumors Archive
This page archives Mac Pro related news and rumors published on MacRumors.com. It only contains articles relating specifically to the Mac Pro product and is only a small minority of articles displayed on MacRumors.
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ATI Radeon HD 3870 Video Card for the Mac Pro in May?
April 29, 2008
Barefeats and Xlr8yourmac report that the ATI Radeon 3870 video card will make its debut for the Mac Pro by the end of May. We have received confirmation from a reliable source that a ATI will definitely offer a retail version of the ATI Radeon HD 3...
NVIDIA 8800GT for Older Mac Pros Now Available
April 15, 2008
Coming through on Steve Jobs' recent email promise, Apple released a new graphics upgrade kit today. The $279 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (1st Generation) Graphics Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro appears to finally offer a video upgrade path for previous generat...
Mac Pro Owners Still Waiting for NVIDIA 8800GT Option... Due Next Month?
April 07, 2008
Upon the release on the Penryn-based Mac Pros in January, Apple introduced the NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT as a new video card option. Existing Mac Pro owners initially saw this is an opportunity to upgrade from current cards as well as ailing 1900XT cards...
Apple Updates Mac Pro (Early 2008) EFI Firmware (1.3)
March 27, 2008
Apple posted an EFI Firmware update for Mac Pro owners today. The update "fixes several issues to improve the stability of Mac Pro (Early 2008) computers."
Once you download the update, you must run the Firmware Updater and follow the enclosed in...
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Firmware Update
March 10, 2008
Apple has posted a firmware update for ATI Radeon 2600 XT cards for Mac Pro users running Mac OS X 10.5.2.This update is for Mac Pro computers with one or more ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics cards installed, running Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later with the ...
Older Mac Pro News and Rumors
Jan 24, 2008: NVIDIA Working on GPGPUs for Macs?Jan 19, 2008: NVIDIA 8800GT Option for Older Mac Pros Soon?
Jan 10, 2008: Mac Pro (Early 2008) Geekbench Benchmarks
Jan 08, 2008: Mac Pro (Early 2008) Notes and Options
Jan 08, 2008: Apple Announces Penryn Mac Pros and Xserves
Jan 03, 2008: Blu-Ray Support at Macworld? Mac Pros Soon?
Dec 17, 2007: Apple Store Shipping Dates and Buyers Guide Recommendations
Dec 05, 2007: Mac OS 10.5.2, Mac Pro Update At Macworld?
Nov 28, 2007: Intel Updates Mac OS X Development Tools with Penryn Support
Nov 12, 2007: Intel Announces 45-nm Penryn Processors
Nov 07, 2007: First Intel Penryn Based PCs Announced... Apple to Follow?
Oct 26, 2007: Leopard Now Shipping with New Macs, Drop Ins at Retail
Oct 18, 2007: Mac Pro ATI Radeon X1900 XT Firmware Update
Oct 18, 2007: Penryn Based Mac Pros Soon?
Oct 05, 2007: Apple Buying Up High End Penryn Processors?
Sep 27, 2007: Apple Releases EFI Firmware Updates
Aug 30, 2007: Mac Pros May See Bus Speed Increase With Penryn
Aug 15, 2007: Intel's Penryn Xeon Processors Due in November
Aug 09, 2007: Mac Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.1
Aug 07, 2007: Mac Pro PCI RAID Card Available
Jul 17, 2007: Upcoming 45nm Xeon Processors from Intel
May 22, 2007: Intel Slashing Prices on Xeon Quad Core (Clovertown) Processors
May 13, 2007: NPD: Apple's March 2007 Desktop, Laptop, and MP3 Marketshare
Apr 19, 2007: Gartner: Apple's Q1 2007 Marketshare Up from 2006
Apr 17, 2007: Intel's Penryn Chip Performance Boosts
Apr 16, 2007: 8-Core Mac Pro Benchmarks
Apr 06, 2007: Mac OS X Server Free with Mac Pro?
Apr 06, 2007: Apple Using Exclusive 3GHz Xeon from Intel?
Apr 04, 2007: Apple Releases 8-core Mac Pro [Updated]
Apr 02, 2007: 8-Core Mac Pro Tomorrow?
Mar 30, 2007: Apple: Quad-Core Processors in New Macs [Updated]
Mar 12, 2007: 8-core Mac Pro Leak at Apple UK? [Update]
Mar 12, 2007: Power Efficient Quad-Core Xeons
Feb 20, 2007: HD Mac Pros At NAB?
Feb 14, 2007: Report: Mac Pro To See Redesign
Feb 14, 2007: Latest AMD/ATI Graphics Chip Destined For Mac Pro? Crossfire?
Jan 29, 2007: Apple Product Update Tomorrow? [Updated - 4 New Shuffles?]
Jan 16, 2007: Macworld San Francisco 2007 Rumor Wrapup: Winners and Losers
Jan 01, 2007: Macworld San Francisco 2007 Rumor Roundup
Dec 29, 2006: 8-Core Mac Pro In January? Displays Too?
